Party spokeswoman Heather Rubash said Tuesday that the party's executive committee has had informal talks this week on setting a date for the chair's election but hadn't yet settled on a date. She said they would set a date by Friday, "at the latest."

The party's rules say the election should happen soon. From the party's constitution: "In the event of a vacancy in the office of state chair, the deputy chair shall carry out the duties of the chair until a new state chair is elected and the State Central Committee shall meet within thirty (30) days thereafter to elect a new state chair."

A Duluth native who just barely lost Virginia's GOP gubernatorial primary said that politicians have not gone far enough in condemning the left for violence during a rally of white nationalists in Charlottesville. "I think that the left is going to try to use this as an excuse to crack down on conservative free speech," said Corey Stewart. "I think they're going to try to use this as an excuse to remove more historical monuments."